"Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, Octr. 20th 1849."
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in feet
Mounted on linen
Legend for gravel, mud, oyster, sand and weeds
Notes on vegetation
Inset: Continuation of Cocagne River
"Price Eighteenpence"
"J & C Walker Sculpt."
"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry and 11 King Street Tower Hill."
Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada
Addeddate
2019-04-04 21:52:09
Associated-names
Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885, surveyor; Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892, bookseller; J. & C. Walker (Firm), engraver; Great Britain. Admiralty
Identifier
McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-051-19157
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t9k43c755
Note
"Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, Octr. 20th 1849." Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in feet. Mounted on linen. Legend for gravel, mud, oyster, sand and weeds. Notes on vegetation. Inset: Continuation of Cocagne River. "Price Eighteenpence" "J & C Walker Sculpt." "Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry and 11 King Street Tower Hill." Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada. Copy in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, Map Collection: Numbered 51 on verso of map.